Politics

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Russian flags are hung out on an apartment building in a residential district in Sevastopol, Ukraine, Friday, March 14, 2014. Crimea plans to hold a referendum on upcoming Sunday that will ask residents if they want the territory to become part of Russia. Ukraine's government and Western nations have denounced the referendum as illegitimate and warned Russia against trying to annex Crimea. (AP Photo/Andrew Lubimov)